Sausage Stuffing

The thing about stuffing is that it's actually pretty simple.  When you use homemade croutons, it's a little tricky, since there is no package to follow, and I also use the turkey stock and drippings to add flavor to the stuffing, so I don't really have a way to count what goes into the pot.  I just make enough stuffing for everyone to eat, and then go with it.  This isn't vegetarian stuffing, there isn't a way to make it vegetarian.  If it was vegetarian, it would be called something else, not sausage stuffing.

Ingredients:
1 onion
2 stalks celery
1 package sausage, any kind
several cups bread crumbs
2 cans chicken stock or turkey stock
Turkey drippings

Recipe:
1.  Cook sausage in a saucepan on medium heat.  Add onions and celery to cook in fat.
2.  Add broth, bring to a boil.
3.  Add croutons.  Continue adding until the stock is absorbed in the bread.
4.  Add turkey drippings over the top.  Add more turkey stock if necessary.  Stir.
5.  Bake in the oven at 350 until done to your satisfaction.

Salad

So Mr. Barefoot is anti-salad. He doesn't like it. He doesn't like raw foods, generally speaking. But yesterday was his birthday, and I didn't make him a special dinner but I made him a nice salad. Well, I put the fixings for it in the refrigerator.
Because what does a nice salad require, when you are Mr. Barefoot, the anti-salad guy?
Bacon.
Also bleu cheese - but I went with feta for my own.
So I had to start by making bacon - I guess I could have bought those bacon bits, but I didn't. So I bought bacon - lean turkey bacon from Trader Joes - which I put in a pan on the stove, turned it to medium-low, and then let cook, flipped eventually. It looks like bacon, and smells like it. Yum.

My own salad did not have bacon, but was delicious. I used a bag of mixed baby greens, including spinach, and feta cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette. (Plus some croutons.)
We actually each had two salads last week. :)

The Daily Show

I know this is irrelevant to everything, but on the Daily Show, they have just described George Bush as a "lame turducken". A lame duck which has been stuffed with a crippled chicken and then shoved into a turkey. Ineffective, but delicious.
I think the Turducken feast may need to be renamed "Lame Turducken" in honest.
Back to my regularly scheduled scheduling...and dissing the Amish...whoops.

Beer Food

For all sporting events, there is beer and meat. So what could be better then combining beer with meat to simmer for 12-14 hours and be delicious?

This is a recipe that the Boyfriend used for our superbowl pulled pork, which was wildly popular and smelled amazing.

Buy a Boston Butt or Pork Picnic Shoulder and trim off most of the outer fat layer. Place the meat in a crock pot with 3 cans of your favorite beer and some water (enough to cover the meat about ¾ of the way). Add about a cup and a half of minced onions (I use dried) with some salt and pepper. Cook the pork for 12-14 hours on low. Drain off all the liquid, pull the bone out (it will slide out), mix it (even a spoon will shred it at this point) and add as much BBQ sauce as you want. If you want a smoky flavor add a tablespoon of liquid smoke. More flavor? Just add your favorite spice rub to taste. Serve on hamburger rolls.

The recipe is posted from here, http://www.3eyzbbq.com/recipes.htm